Abstract
The aim of this work was to compare the coldlability of phosphofructokinase (EC 2.7.1.11) from tubers of potato cultivars (cvs.) known to differ in their propensity to accumulate sugars at low temperature. When stored at 4°C for six weeks, the sugar content of tubers ofSolanum tuberosum L. cv. Record doubled whereas the amount of sugar in tubers of cv. Brodick and an advanced breeding clone (13676) decreased slightly. Tubers from each line contained four forms of phophofructokinase. Over the range 12°–16°C the temperature coefficients of the four forms of phosphofructokinase from cvs. Record and Brodick were similar. In cv. Record the temperature coefficients of three of the enzyme forms were significantly higher at 2°–6°C than at 12°–16°C, whereas those from cv. Brodick were unchanged. These results are consistent with the proposal that inactivation of phosphofructokinase at low temperature results in the accumulation of hexose phosphates leading to increased sucrose synthesis.
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Abbreviations
- FPLC:
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fast protein liquid chromatography
- FW:
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fresh weight
- PFK:
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6-phosphofructokinase (EC 2.7.1.11)
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Hammond, J.B.W., Burrell, M.M. & Kruger, N.J. Effect of low temperature on the activity of phosphofructokinase from potato tubers. Planta 180, 613–616 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02411461
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